What are your thoughts? How would it shape the future of the game tactically? Which style of play or manager would have the most success?
I would say that a high press system that relies on mitigating counter attacks by catching the opponent offside might suffer the most. For example - Ange’s high line defense against Chelsea in their 4-1 loss.
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Let’s meet halfway and say a certain percentage of a player’s body to be ahead of the defender to be considered offsides. I don’t like the idea of the whole body but I also hate seeing an elbow being slightly ahead of someone and being offside.
Awaiting Nunez scoring 400 goals next season
Bit of an exaggeration to suggest he’ll get 4,000 chances.
I love how absolutely nobody is answering the question and they are all crying about the rule. Complete morons
It wont solve anything. A better change would be no offside at all if ball is between 18yd line (extended across pitch) and end line. High line would still work, but you need to mark attackers inside the penalty area. This would get rid of a lot of the checks.
this could have a big impact on teams that rely on the offside trap to stifle their opponents’ attacks. it will be interesting to see how managers adjust their tactics to adapt to this rule change.
Why can’t they just simply make it based on lead foot of attacker/defender?
Nuñez is about to score eighty goals next season.
Any team playing the high line will need a rethink. I am a Liverpool supporter so automatically I am thinking us as we play a high line and get caught out occasionally but the change will make it so much easier for the opposition.
Teams playing deep and on the counter attack will benefit alot from this. Essentially teams at the bottom of table will benefit.
Instead of teach referees how to be fair, teach them rules and consequence across all games we will give them another opportunity to cheat and making poor decisions.
It’s still going to be drawn by millimeters when you have an attacker who’s run past a defender and their toe may or may not be ahead or on line with them.
Doesn’t fix the issue at all but will basically eliminate the high-line.
What’s the new rule?
Whole body past the last defender would be considered offside.
I just don’t understand this rule at all. Isn’t the whole point of the offside rule so offensive players can’t just get absurd head starts on defenders with momentum as defenders need to turn and then start to pick up speed?
Just seams really dumb tbh and doesn’t make any sense. Why hold any line at all if players can just run full speed past you with a huge window of success. Teams are gonna play a back three not sitting higher than the edge of their own box.
Isn’t the whole point of the offside rule so offensive players can’t just get absurd head starts on defenders with momentum as defenders need to turn and then start to pick up speed?
No, the point of Offside is to stop people goal hanging.
Just seams really dumb tbh and doesn’t make any sense.
It makes the game flow better, stops these ridiculous mm Offsides that give absolutely zero advantage to a player and will create more goals which is better for the sport.
Obviously agree about the point of offside, but don’t get how you think it will stop the ridiculous mm offsides? Really not a fan tbh I get that there would be more goals initially but long term I don’t think the game would improve as it would just encourage defending very deep.
But it doesn’t stop the MM offsides lol
Exactly. Same thing will happen
Game would become more defensive with defenses sitting a little deeper and not getting as involved in the attack.
We’d see a premium on fast defenders that could keep up. Probably a premium on faster attackers too.
I am for this change 100%. Yes it just moves the lines and you will still have the same “1 inch offside” but at least then we can all look at it and said you’re fucking off! Right now it goes against everything I grew up playing g and officiating which was “even” is onside. Anyway complaining about this would complain about any change to any rule.
To answer your question is it affects everyone and no one. the teams that play a low blow will still do it. the teams that play a high line will still do it. they just adjust slightly. People are acting like players and coaches cannot adapt.
Right now it goes against everything I grew up playing g and officiating which was “even” is onside
Well this is just patently untrue.
For a start, “even” is still onside now. Secondly, “even” being onside only became a thing in 1990. So actually most people will have grown up playing at a time when even was offside and it always had been for almost 150 years before 1990.
Just don’t trust VAR knobs automate the whole offside system copy what FIFA did ffs pl too cocky…